2023-11-10T08:35:01-06:00 2022-12-31 131459550 MAZARS USA LLP 135 WEST 50TH STREET NEW YORK NY 100200002 990 2022-01-01 130623590 THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC FORW 2128898200 125 MAIDEN LANE FLOOR 8 NEW YORK NY 10038 RACHEL FISHMAN FEDDERSEN CEO AND PUBLISHER 2124539403 2023-11-15 1 RACHEL FISHMAN FEDDERSEN 999009999 0 TAMAR PLOTZKER P02047230 2128127000 2 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z RACHEL FISHMAN FEDDERSEN 125 MAIDEN LANE FLOOR 8 NEW YORK NY 10038 7201382 0 X WWW.FORWARD.COM X 1901 NY STRENGTHEN ENGAGEMENT WITH JEWISH IDEAS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH VARIOUS MEDIA AND PUBLIC EVENTS 14 14 46 14 349399 0 4928136 5776162 1070255 1293003 -8363 -4400 -32596 8587 5957432 7073352 0 0 0 0 3936003 4097323 0 86500 656080 1814068 2029528 5750071 6213351 207361 860001 1999330 2140662 1538048 819379 461282 1321283 X THE FORWARD'S MISSION IS TO STRENGTHEN ENGAGEMENT WITH JEWISH IDEAS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH A VARIETY OF MEDIA, AND IN PUBLIC EVENTS. IT CARRIES OUT THIS MISSION BY PUBLISHING COMMENTARY ON CURRENT ISSUES AND THE ARTS, IN ENGLISH AND YIDDISH, THAT MEET THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN JOURNALISM AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION. IT FURTHERS THIS MISSION THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS THAT ENGAGE DEEPLY WITH THE HISTORY, RANGE AND VARIETY OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE. 0 0 4683250 953980 THE LARGEST PROGRAM OF THE FORWARD ASSOCATION IS ITS WEBSITE AND ASSOCIATED DIGITAL PROPERTIES, INCLUDING NEWSLETTERS, VIDEOS AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROGRAMS. IT REACHES APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION READERS A MONTH VIA THE INTERNET AT FORWARD.COM AND OTHER WEBSITES. THE QUALITY OF ITS JOURNALISM HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH NUMEROUS AWARDS FOR NEWS AND CULTURAL COVERAGE, EDITORIALS, AND DIGITAL INNOVATION. 365025 YIDDISH MEDIA DIVISION: THE SECOND MAJOR PROGRAM OF THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION IS ITS YIDDISH PUBLICATION, FORVERTS. UPDATED REGULARLY ONLINE, IT IS ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING PUBLICATIONS IN YIDDISH IN THE WORLD AND PROVIDES AN INDISPENSABLE SERVICE TO ITS READERS THROUGH ITS COVERAGE OF YIDDISH CULTURE AS WELL AS NEWS FROM ISRAEL, THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD. THE WEBSITE INCLUDES DOZENS OF VIDEO FEATURES. 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THE YIDDISH FORWARD, OR FORVERTS, PUBLISHED AS A DAILY NEWSPAPER FROM 1897 TO 1983, AS A WEEKLY UNTIL FEBRUARY OF 2012, A BIWEEKLY UNTIL APRIL 2016, A MONTHLY AS OF APRIL 2016, AND FULLY DIGITAL BEGINNING IN EARLY 2019, HAS ALWAYS FEATURED ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMMISSIONED FOR ITS PAGES. THE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION IS GLOBAL IN SCOPE, BUT IS ESPECIALLY RICH IN ITS EMPHASIS ON 20TH CENTURY JEWISH HISTORY, NEW YORK IMMIGRANT HISTORY, AND JEWISH COMMUNAL LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD AMASSED BY THE FORVERTS EDITORS PAID PARTICULAR ATTENTION IN ITS EARLY DECADES TO CLASS STRIFE, STRIKES AND UNIONS, AND THEN BROADENED ITS FOCUS TO JEWISH WORKING CLASS PARTICIPATION IN THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE OF URBAN AMERICA. IT CHRONICLED THE 1930S MOBILIZATION AGAINST FASCISM, THE WARTIME HOME FRONT EFFORTS, THE VICTORIES WON BY SOVIET AND WESTERN ARMIES, THE DESPERATION OF THE REMNANTS OF EUROPEAN JEWRY IN THE IMMEDIATE POSTWAR YEARS TO RECONNECT WITH RELATIVES IN THE US, AND TO EMIGRATE TO THE US OR TO ISRAEL. THE FORVERTS GAVE ITS MOSTLY POOR AND WORKING CLASS READERSHIP A WINDOW ON A WIDER WORLD, AND HELPED TO ARTICULATE AND CRYSTALLIZE THE LIBERAL ETHOS OF AMERICAN JEWS WHICH HAS CHARACTERIZED OUR COMMUNITY EVER SINCE. IT WAS A NEWSPAPER ABOUT YIDDISH AS MUCH AS IT WAS A NEWSPAPER IN YIDDISH: IN TEXT AND IMAGE, IT HAS DEPICTED THE VAST RECORD OF YIDDISH ART AND LITERATURE, IN MORE DETAIL AND OVER A WIDER CHRONOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHIC SPAN THAN ANY OTHER PERIODICAL. AND YET, BY THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY, THIS LARGE AND UNIQUE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION WAS HARDLY KNOWN BEYOND THE CONFINES OF THE FORVERTS' OWN STAFF. IN 1998 THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION HIRED ARCHIVAL STAFF TO IDENTIFY, CATALOGUE AND CONSERVE ITS HOLDINGS. WE NOW KNOW THAT IT CONTAINS GLASS NEGATIVES, METAL AND CARDBOARD PLATES, BOUND ROTOGRAVURE VOLUMES, AND OVER 40,000 GELATIN SILVER PHOTOS DERIVED FROM THE ORIGINAL PRINTING PROCESS OF OUR NEWSPAPER. IN THE PAST 24 YEARS WE HAVE CREATED A COMPUTERIZED DATABASE WITH ITEM-LEVEL DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE-QUARTERS OF THE IMAGES IN THE COLLECTION, AND WE HAVE STORED THE PROCESSED IMAGES IN ACID-FREE ENVELOPES SUITABLE FOR ARCHIVAL STORAGE. SINCE 2009 THE ARCHIVES HAVE BEEN HOUSED IN A TEMPERATURE-AND-HUMIDITY-CONTROLLED, PROTECTED SPACE TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY. WE ALREADY DIGITIZED ABOUT 5000 IMAGES, AND IN 2007 WE PUBLISHED SOME 500 IMAGES FROM THIS COLLECTION CHOSEN BY ALANA NEWHOUSE, OUR FORMER ARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR, AND CHANA POLLACK, OUR ARCHIVIST, IN A LIVING LENS: PHOTOGRAPHS OF JEWISH LIFE FROM THE PAGES OF THE FORWARD, ISSUED BY W. W. NORTON. AN EXHIBITION WAS SHOWN AT THE MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ALSO IN 2007. AS THE RICHES OF THIS COLLECTION HAVE GAINED ACADEMIC AND PUBLIC ATTENTION IN RECENT YEARS, WE RECEIVED, AND RESPONDED TO, A GROWING NUMBER OF QUERIES FROM ARTISTS, SCHOLARS, FILMMAKERS AND WRITERS. WE ARE NOW EAGER TO COMPLETE THIS PROCESS WITH THE CATALOGUING OF THE FINAL QUARTER OF THIS COLLECTION DURING THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 30,000 TO 40,000 IMAGES REMAINING TO BE CATALOGUED AND WE EXPECT THAT THE PROCESS WILL BE COMPLETED IN APPROXIMATELY SEVEN YEARS. CATALOGUING (I.E. DESCRIBING, NUMBERING AND REHOUSING) EACH PHOTO IN OUR COLLECTION WILL THEN BE FOLLOWED BY THE DIGITIZATION OF THE ENTIRE COLLECTION AND THE CREATION OF A PHOTO ARCHIVE WEBSITE THAT WILL ALLOW THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THESE UNIQUE IMAGES, WITH A SEARCH FUNCTION THAT WILL TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE MANY FIELDS IN OUR CATALOGUING PROCESS. 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X 2 120000 FMV 0 0 0 PART I, COLUMN (B): THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS ABOVE REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF DONORS OF PUBLICLY TRADED SECURITIES DURING THE YEAR. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL CONSIST OF THOSE MEMBERS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN ELECTED TO MEMBERSHIP AND NOW ENJOY THAT STATUS, AND SUCH MEMBERS AS ARE ELECTED TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE FUTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BYLAWS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE PREPARES A SLATE OF CANDIDATES WHO ARE VOTED UPON BY THE ENTIRE ASSOCIATION AT A GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING. IF ELECTED, MEMBERS SERVE FOR AN INITIAL 6 YEAR TERM. THEY MAY THEN BE NOMINATED FOR ONE OR MORE ADDITIONAL 6 YEAR TERMS. THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE PREPARES A SLATE OF CANDIDATES FOR THE 4 OFFICERS, 8 COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND 4 AT-LARGE MEMBERS WHO COMPRISE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION VOTE TO ELECT THE OFFICERS AND THE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B BEFORE THE FORM 990 WAS FILED WITH IRS, IT WAS FIRST REVIEWED BY MANAGEMENT, THEN DISTRIBUTED VIA EMAIL TO MEMBERS OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW. THE MEMBERS COMMUNICATED ANY QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS TO MANAGEMENT. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS DISTRIBUTED ANNUALLY TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES. EACH INDIVIDUAL IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ANNUALLY THAT HE OR SHE HAS READ THE POLICY AND WHETHER HE OR SHE HAS ENGAGED IN AN ACTIVITY THAT WOULD POSE A CONFLICT. THESE REPORTS ARE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD. FURTHER, IF AN INDIVIDUAL BECOMES AWARE OF A CONFLICT PRIOR TO THE ANNUAL SUBMISSION OF HIS OR HER REPORT, THAT INDIVIDUAL IS REQUIRED TO IMMEDIATELY INFORM THE BOARD. IF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS IDENTIFIED, THAT PERSON SHALL REFRAIN FROM USING HIS OR HER PERSONAL INFLUENCE TO ENCOURAGE THE ASSOCIATION TO ENGAGE IN THOSE ACTIVITIES AND HE OR SHE WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN DELIBERATIONS RELATED TO THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE CEO/PUBLISHER'S AND ALL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE AFTER EXAMINING PERTINENT NOT FOR PROFIT COMPANIES. ONCE APPROVED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS VOTES ON THE PROPOSED CONTRACT (CONTRACT NOT APPLICABLE FOR REGULAR EMPLOYEES). THE PROCESS IS DONE ANNUALLY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G FREELANCE WRITERS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 381,209. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 381,209. OTHER: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 650,880. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 41,347. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 692,227. THE FORWARD FUND 125 MAIDEN LANE NEW YORK NY 10038 454590140 SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION NY 501(C)(3) LINE 12A, I THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 FORWARD FUND INC C 2535000 CASH